Welcome to the Capitol Insights: Monday Morning Report!

These emails give you a look at the legislative calendar for the week ahead as well as other legislative and executive branch engagement opportunities.

In addition, these reports include an aggregation of bills that have been introduced during the previous week, as well as draft bills that are being circulated for co-sponsorship.

In this week's report:

Committee Schedule for the Week
Co-Sponsorship Memos
Introduced Bills
Fundraising Calendar

COMMITTEE SCHEDULE

Monday, February 16

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Executive Session at 9:00 AM

Joint Committee of Finance

Executive Session at 3:00 PM

Tuesday, February 17

Assembly Committee on State and Federal Relations

Executive Session at 9:00 AM

Senate Committee on Health

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Joint Committee on Tax Exemptions

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism

Public Hearing at 12:30 PM

Wednesday, February 18

No meetings currently scheduled.

Thursday, February 19

No meetings currently scheduled.

Friday, February 20

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
289	Bare, Jacobson, Spaude, Sheehan, Wall	Refundability of the additional child and dependent care tax credit and making an appropriation	LRB-289 Memo	2/18
318	Madison, Roys, et.al.	Repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord	LRB-318 Memo	2/18
503	Snodgrass, Drake	Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus	LRB-503 Memo	2/12
547	Snodgrass, Drake	Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports	LRB-547 Memo	2/4
575	Hong, Palmeri, Anderson, Bare, Joers, Roys	State payments for municipal services and making an appropriation	LRB-575 Memo	2/17
750	Hong, Clancy, Phelps, Madison, Tenorio, Larson	Repealing certain contracting and other restrictions on state and local government entities concerning prohibited boycotts of Israel	LRB-750 Memo	2/17
942	Oritz-Velez, Sortwell	Penalties for possession of marijuana, employer liability for not drug testing employees and prospective employees, and providing a penalty	LRB-942 Memo	2/19
1301	Anderson, Johnson	Required coverage for stuttering in health insurance policies that provide coverage for habilitative and/or rehabilitative services	LRB-1301 Memo	2/17
3051	Palmeri, Clancy, Snodgrass, Omokunde, Stubbs, Madison, Drake	Certain requirements for residential leases	LRB-3051 Memo	2/12
3516	James, Hurd	The assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and Families, county departments of human and social services, and juvenile courts in referring, collecting, and ordering child support	LRB-3516 Memo	2/13
3592	Brown, Roys	Local regulation of landlords and tenants	LRB-3592 Memo	2/13
3699	Rivera-Wagner	Gap Funding for Workforce Housing	LRB-3699 Memo	2/17
4499	Madison, Roys, et.al.	Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority	LRB-4499 Memo	2/18
4605	Palmeri, Wall	Prohibiting landlords from charging application fees and credit checks and background checks obtained by landlords	LRB-4605 Memo	2/13
5061	Roys	Allowing private individuals and private employers to elect health care coverage through plans offered by the Group Insurance Board, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation	LRB-5061 Memo	2/26
5091	Fitzgerald, Andraca, Johnson, Ratcliff	Permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty	LRB-5091 Memo	2/13
5111	Mayadev, Drake	Health insurance coverage of vaccines if recommended by certain organizations and consideration of recommendations of certain organizations regarding the state immunization program vaccination schedule	LRB-5111 Memo	2/16
5318	Wittke, Bradley	Retainage on Public Construction Contracts	LRB-5318 Memo	2/13
5529	Arney, Taylor, Haywood, Moore-Omokunde, Drake, Johnson	Notice to employees of fullservice pharmacies and major grocery stores of permanent business closings and providing a penalty	LRB-5529 Memo	2/17
5688	Stroud, Miresse, Sinykin	Sharp-tailed grouse hunting permits and making an appropriation	LRB-5688 Memo	2/16
5789	Udell, Smith, et.al.	Advertising broadband and other Internet speeds and providing a standardized broadband label	LRB-5789 Memo	2/13
5799	Udell, Smith, et.al.	Prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program	LRB-5799 Memo	2/13
5800	Udell, Smith, et.al.	Broadband expansion grants for cities, villages, towns, and counties and telecommunicationsrelated construction projects of cities, villages, and towns	LRB-5800 Memo	2/13
5806	Udell, Smith, et.al.	A study committee on the installation of empty conduit lines for future fiber-optic internet expansion	LRB-5806 Memo	2/13
5824	Udell, Smith, et.al	Requirements for broadband expansion grants, granting rulemaking authority, and making an appropriation	LRB-5824 Memo	2/13
5873	Duchow	Setback restrictions in shoreland zoning ordinances in Waukesha County	LRB-5873 Memo	2/9
5878	Bare, Hesselbein	Installation of a newborn infant safety device at an emergency medical services station	LRB-5878 Memo	2/20
5881	Tittl	Sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a child who is at least 16 years old and providing a penalty	LRB-5881 Memo	2/16
5883	Tittl	The threshold for reporting a motor vehicle accident causing property damage	LRB-5883 Memo	2/16

5946	Testin, Kurtz	Modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to rates for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder	LRB-5946 Memo	2/17
5961	Spaude, Rivera-Wagner, Wall	Filling vacancies on a county board	LRB-5961 Memo	2/27
5962	Spaude, Andraca, Larson	Penalties for certain offenses related to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, restriction related to ignition interlock device, and providing a penalty	LRB-5962 Memo	2/25
6039	Snodgrass, Rivera-Wagner, Smith	Legislator district residency requirements and residency standard for qualified electors	LRB-6039 Memo	2/16
6063	Smith, Emerson	Penalties imposed on owners of mobile or manufactured home communities, grants for mobile homes and manufactured homes, and making an appropriation	LRB-6063 Memo	2/17
6196	Emerson, Roys	Right to IVF	LRB-6196 Memo	2/17
6292	Anderson, Brown, Arney, DeSanto, Ratcliff	An assistance program for water infrastructure in 3rd class and 4th class cities, villages, and towns; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation	LRB-6292 Memo	2/17
6328	Miresse, Smith	Restrictiveness of shoreland zoning ordinances	LRB-6328 Memo	2/16
6340	Taylor	The statewide policy regarding homelessness, an income tax credit for property taxes paid by senior citizens, and making an appropriation	LRB-6340 Memo	2/17
6373	Dallman, LeMahieu	Name, image, and likeness rights for University of Wisconsin System student athletes; maintenance costs for University of Wisconsin-Madison intercollegiate athletic facilities; and making an appropriation	LRB-6373 Memo	2/10
6377	Larson, Carpenter, Madison, Hong, Moore-Omokunde, Clancy, Cruz, TEnorio	A moratorium on data centers	LRB-6377 Memo	2/17
6380	Goeben, Behnke, Gustafson, Brill, Wichgers, Tucker, Nedweski, Piwowarczyk	Dissemination of personally identifying information of an officer and providing a penalty	LRB-6380 Memo	2/17
6386	Bradley, Brill, Wichgers, et.al.	Public affairs network request for proposals	LRB-6386 Memo	2/13

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-1033: The regulation of wakesurfing and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-1034: Name, image, and likeness rights for University of Wisconsin System student athletes; maintenance costs for University of Wisconsin–Madison intercollegiate athletic facilities; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-1035: Expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention

AB-1036: Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AJR-137: Relating to: celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the American Birkebeiner and proclaiming February 16 to 22, 2026, as American Birkebeiner Week in Wisconsin.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-138: Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-139: Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-140: Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-141: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB -001: Onetime individual income tax rebates.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-994: Public affairs network request for proposals.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-994: Public affairs network request for proposals.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-995: Funding for individual income tax rebates and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-996: Funding for grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-997: Funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-998: Tourism promotion improvement districts.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-999: The voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an investigation of immoral conduct, and records related to an investigation of immoral conduct.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-1000: Prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-1001: The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development

SB-1002: Minority health grants.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-1003: Licensure and regulation of establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy, the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, and granting rule-making authority.

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development

SB-1004: Ratification of the Interstate Massage Compact.

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs

SB-1005: State parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

SB-1006: Designating and marking memorial highways for state troopers.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-1007: Agricultural damage caused by elk.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-1008: Creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs

SB-1009: The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown milk and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-1010: Requiring information relating to the food stamp program to be compiled and provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs

SB-1011: Income eligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development

SB-1012: Interest rates on late, nondelinquent taxes and on overpayments.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-1013: Maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a public or private school and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-1014: Expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-1015: Increasing the earned income tax credit for families with fewer than three children.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-1016: Child care subsidies for custodial parents who are child care employees and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development

SB-1017: Funding for child care provider workforce training and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development

SB-1018: Penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-1019: Creating a deicer applicators registration program.

Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs

SB-1020: Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-1021: Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-1022: Driving skills tests for certain drivers.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-1023: Admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges

SB-1024: The regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced boating.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-1025: The regulation of wakesurfing and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-1026: Required instruction in African American history in the elementary and high school grades and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SJR-130: Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-131: The right to privacy (first consideration).

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs

SJR-132: Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-133: Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-134: Proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

If you would like coverage of any above hearing, would like to engage on an above bill, or if you would like to find time to discuss the above matter in more detail, please do not hesitate to reach out to your Michael Best Strategies contact.

Have a great day,

Wisconsin GR Team